I’ve Written A Song! Now What?
NCWA welcomes songwriter Lynn DeShazo in part one of a two part series. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ As a songwriter, I can tell you that there is nothing quite like those moments when the Spirit of God drops a new song into your heart. Some days you sit at your desk with an idea and just struggle trying [...]
Conference Debriefing: Easing Back into the Real World
NCWA welcomes Gina Conroy from Writer…Interrupted! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Conference is over. You met with like-minded people, heard amazing speakers, and spoke with an editor or two, but you’re back home and easing into the real world. Normal life must continue despite all the emotions and excitement you’ve just experienced, so how do you handle it all? [...]
Making Time for Growth and God
NCWA welcomes Doug Bursch! Doug will be speaking at NCWA’s June meeting. See end of post for links. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I’m not an early riser. In fact, I’m barely a riser! I will not get up early unless an alarm clock is blaring or my kids are bouncing up and down on my stomach. Unlike most [...]
Q & A with Alexandra Kuykendall
NCWA welcomes Alexandra Kuykendall from MOPS International! Alexandra will be at NCWA’s Renewal Conference. See end of post for links. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Recently I asked Alexandra, “What types of stories would you like to see more writers write for your children? And why?” Her answer: Rarely do I go looking for a particular book for one [...]
What Goes on a One Sheet? / Free Ticket Winner! **
NCWA welcomes historical fiction author, Erica Vetsch! Click on Erica’s link at end of post to view her books. NCWA’s conference link also appears at end of post. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One of the big facets of preparation for a writing conference is the One-Sheet/Pitch Sheet/Sell Sheet. This piece of paper goes by a lot of names, [...]
Oh, Dreaded Word / Free ticket give away **
NCWA welcomes Cindy Scinto! Cindy will be teaching a workshop at NCWA’s Renewal Conference. See end of post for links and for free tickets to an evening with Marshal Younger. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Outline, outline, outline. Now isn’t that ugly? If you don’t shudder, hesitate, cringe, or have any reservation about an outline, you might have a [...]
Preparing Your Conference Notebook
NCWA welcomes Gina Conroy of “Writer Interrupted!” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ There’s nothing worse than waiting in line for your editor or agent appoint wondering about the unknown…nothing worse except walking into that meeting unprepared and the editor or agent asks to see your One Sheet or your first chapter, and you fumble through your papers to find [...]
The Myth of Perfection
NCWA welcomes Joe Bunting from The Write Practice in the final post of his writing prompts. This post contains excerpts from Joe’s e-book. See links following post to obtain the complete version. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Perfect is no place for a writer. Listen to me: you will never write a perfect novel, short story, essay, blog post, [...]
Pat the Conferee
NCWA welcomes Sandra Bishop from MacGregor Literary Agency! Sandra will be at NCWA’s conference. See end of post for link. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If Pat’s a guy, the first thing he does when he walks into a writer’s conference is notice that he’s outnumbered and locate the most out-of-the-way men’s room, knowing that all the others may [...]
Fall
NCWA welcomes Joe Bunting from The Write Practice in a series of writing prompts. This post contains excerpts from Joe’s e-book. See links following post to obtain the complete version. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The night sky fell and turned my skin blue-grey and my skin goosebumped with cold then smoothed over like an ice cube but still [...]
